sloth bear
labiated bear

The age of sexual maturity in sloth bears is 3 years.

However, threat from the sloth bears is also reported to people and crops.

Young Sloth Bears stay with their mother for 2-3 years.

For example the sloth bears we can use big boomer balls.

A handful of rarely seen sloth bears are hidden away.

In the forest we find evidence of sloth bears.

Poaching and trade in sloth bears or their parts has also been reported.

The region is also home to numerous sloth bears.

The sanctuary provides an ideal habitat for the sloth bear too.

The forest is known for its population of peafowls and sloth bears.

This sanctuary was mainly created for the preservation of sloth bears.

Tigers, leopards, and sloth bears are a bit more elusive.

Sloth bears sometimes attack humans that encroach on their territory.

Indian leopards can also be a threat, as they are able to follow sloth bears up trees.

A couple of sloth bears can be seen in a pit, pacing like asylum inmates.

Predation seems especially prevalent in India, where tigers may attack sloth bears.

The sloth bear has a couple of cute features: One, it's a loud eater.

Although they appear slow and clumsy, sloth bears are excellent climbers.

Asian elephants apparently do not tolerate sloth bears in their vicinity.

Indian rhinoceros have a similar intolerance for sloth bears, and will charge at them.

Although sloth bears have attacked humans, they rarely become man-eaters.

Officers in British India often kept sloth bears as pets.

"In 20 years' time, I'll be 83, just an old man with a stick, moving like a sloth bear," he said, chuckling.

It is also prey for sloth bears and jackals.

Sloth bears breed during spring and early summer and give birth near the beginning of winter.

The sloth bear (Melursus ursinus), also known as the Stickney Bear or labiated bear, is a nocturnal insectivorous species of bear found wild within the Indian subcontinent.